Spooner offering free guided wildflower hikes
Nevada State Park rangers are leading leisurely, two-hour walks around Spooner Lake, home to more than 100 species of wildflowers, for people to learn plant names, their uses, habitats and enjoy their beauty.
Wildflower walks are June 4, June 7, June 18 and June 21. All start at 10am.
Entry fees are waived for the event. Visitors wishing to remain in the park after the event are charged as follows $8 for Nevada residents per vehicle, $10 for others.
For more info, call Bill Champion at 775.831.0494, ext. 224.
I head ad to Carson Valley, going past Spooner Lake, I see what looks like a great infestation of bark beetles, turning the trees brown, like I saw in Lake Arrowhead, years ago…..
Is any one else concerned over this? if infected trees are removed, can another catastrophy be avoided?
Hopefully so……
Actually if the trees are on the hillside(to the left as you are heading to carson)before you get up to spooner summit those trees were killed by a perscribed burn a year ago. But now that they are dead they might attract bugs. Because all of those trees are the same age if bugs do get into them they are all vulnerable. The advantage of a multi aged forest is that it is better for wildlife and better able to fight off bug infestations. That is another reason to avoid the forest harvesting practice known as clearcutting.